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· 11/5/1997

American Rivers, Inc., and the State of Vermont v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Green Mountain Power and Trout Unlimited, Intervenors

Citations

  • 129 F.3d 99
  • 28 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20258
  • 45 ERC (BNA) 1563
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 30372

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  • explaining that Section 401's language \leav[es] little room for FERC to argue that it has authority to reject state conditions it finds to be ultra vires \
  • recognizing the \unequivocal\ and \mandatory\ language of Section 1341(d)

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Judges: Walker, Jacobs, Parker

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